. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/59 
20 May 2010 
 (10-2824) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ECUADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro, Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec  
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad  (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro, Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 254 6690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593 2) 250 4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec/
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   7615.19.11.00, 
7615.19.20.00, 7323.93.00.00, 4016.93.00.00, 3926.90.40.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 0051 para "Ollas a p resión de uso doméstico"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuador ian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) 
No. 0051 on Household pressure c ookers) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on household pressure 
cookers covers the following:  Purpose, Sc ope, Definitions, Requirements, Conformity 
assessment tests, Standards and regulations consulted, Demonstration of compliance, 
Conformity assessment and certification bodies,  Inspection and/or supervisory authority, 
Type of inspection and/or monitoring, Pena lty regime, Liability of conformity assessment 
bodies, and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/59 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regula tion establishes the requirements to be met 
by pressure cookers and parts and accessories th ereof with a view to preventing risks to 
user health and safety and practices likel y to mislead users of pressure cookers. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec/ ;  
http://www.inen.gov.ec/;  
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 051 on Household pressure cookers; 
3. Publication in which Technical Regul ation will be published when adopted:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from the date of circulation 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   12 August 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 256 6041, Ext. 161 
Fax: (593 2) 250 4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec Website: http://www.mic.gov.ec/
 
 
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8 29 y Almagro Tel.: (593 2) 250 1885 Fax: (593 2) 256 7815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec